Clothes-pin bag



(No Model.)

D. DUNSUOMB & A. M. HEFLEBOWER.

CLOTHES PIN BAG,

Patented Apr. 29, 1890.

-as may be desired.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL DUNSOOMB AND AD M. I-IEFLEBOWVER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

CLOTHES-PIN BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,494, dated April29, 1890.

Application filed July 30, 1889. Serial No. 319,177. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL DUNSCOMB and AD M. I-IEFLEBOWER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Pin Bags, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a bag for clothes-pins, whichshall be cheap, convenient, and which shall, by the weight of itscontents, hold the bag either open or closed, \Ve attain this object bymeans of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings made parthereof, in which-- Figure 1 is our bag in perspective with its mouthopen; Fig. 2, the same with its mouth closed; Fig. 3, an enlarged side-view of the joint or hinge hereinafter referred to, and Fig. 4 a planView of the same.

Like letters represent like parts throughout the drawings.

In the drawings, Ais a bag formed of muslin or other suitable fabric.I11 the hem of this bag are stitched two pieces ofwireb and c, curved sothat the two form a circle, and jointed or hinged together at theirextremities d d. These curved wiresconstitute a folding frame or jaws,which, when opened, fully distend the mouth of the bag, as if a hoopwere placed therein. "When the jaws are folded together, the mouth ofthe bag is closed. Curved wire Z) is somewhat longer than wire 0, andits two ends, forming extensions e e, project outside of the hemslightly beyond the point where the two curved wires are hinged 0rpivoted together. These eX- tensions e e are near their extremities bentoutwardly at a right angle, forming shoulders or stops f, against whichwire 0 falls when the jaws Z) c are opened into the form of a ring. (SeeFig. 4.) Each projecting end of wire I) e f terminates in a loop g, andto each of these loops is attached cord 71 which is provided at itsmiddle with hook i.

A convenient method of hinging wires Z) and 0 together is to form smallloops or turns in the wires at the points where they are to beconnected, then join these loops by means of a stout metallic eyelet7t", passing through the two adjoining loops, as shown in Figs. 3 and l.

For wire used in forming hinged jaws l) 0 wood or other suitablesubstance may be substituted, and a single projecting end e f may beemployed instead of two; but we prefer the methods here shown.

The operation of our device is obvious. The bag containing clothes-pinsis suspended from the clothes-line by means of hook 1.. The mouth of thebag, by spreading the jaws apart, is opened and kept fully distended bythe weight of the clothes-pins pulling downward 011 the open jaws, as inFig. 1, the stop preventing either of the jaws from falling below ahorizontal position. In this position the bag is slipped along theclothesline as the work of hanging out the clothes progresses, theconstantly-open mouth of the bag aifording ready and convenient accessfor the hand of the operator. \Vlien the work is completed, it isdesirable that the bag should be tightly closed to keep out moisture,dust, and insects, and to keep the clothespins clean. This is quicklyand easily accomplished by folding the jaws together, when the wholeweight of the bag falls to one side of the points of support at g g, thewire 6 falls over upon wire I), and the weight of the bag pullingdownward retains the mouth of the bag closed, as shown in Fig. 2.

WVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. A clothes-pin bag adapted to be suspended from a clothes-line andcomprising in its construction a sack composed of suitable fabric andprovided with hinged jaws, whereby the mouth of the sack may be openedor closed, said jaws being adapted to be retained in either open orclosed position by means of the weight and downward pull of the sackupon a single supporting-cord, substantially as shown and described, forthe purpose specified.

2. In a clothes-pin bag, the sack A and hinged frame or jaws c, the wireI), having extensions e, and stops f, in combination with cord h andhook i, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

DANIEL DUNSOOMB. AD M. HEFLEBOl/VER.

Witnesses:

F. BURCH, OLE G. REED.

